CONTENTS. 



GENERAL MANAGEMENT. 



PAGE 



CHAPTEE L— Introduction ... ... ... ... 1 



Neglect of Poultry-breeding — Profit of Poultry-keeping — Value 

 to the Farmer — Poultry Shows — Cottage Poultry. 



CHAPTER II.— The Fowl-House ... ... ... ... 6 



Size of the House — Brick and Wood — Cheap Houses — The Roof 

 — Ventilation — Light — Warmth — The Flooring — Perches — Mov- 

 able Frame — Roosts for Cochin- Chinas and Brahma-Pootras — Nests 

 for laying — Cleanliness — Fowls' Dung — Doors and Entrance-holes 

 — Lime-washing — Fumigating — Raising Chickens under Glass. 



CHAPTER III.— The Fowl-Yard ... ... ... ... 18 



Soil — Situation — Covered Run — Pulverised Earth for deodorising 

 — Diet for confined Fowls — Height of Wall, &c. — Preventing 

 Fowls from flying — The Dust-heap — Material for Shells — Gravel 

 — The Gizzard — The Grass Run. 



CHAPTER IV.— Food ... ... ... 27 



Table of relative constituents and qualities of Food — Barley — 

 Wheat — Oats — Meal — Refuse Corn — Boiling Grain — Indian Com, 

 or Maize — Buckwheat — Peas, Beans and Tares — Rice — Hempseed 

 — Linseed — Potatoes— Roots — Soft Food — Variety of Food — 

 Quantity— Mode of Feeding — Number of Meals— Grass and 

 Vegetables — Insects — Worms — Snails and Slugs— Animal Food — 

 Water — Fountains, 



